Daniel Althaus

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Daniel Althaus (born 1978 ) is a German archivist and historian .

Life

He studied at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Göttingen and graduated in 2006 with a treatise on poachers in Solling and the attempt to combat them in the 18th and 19th centuries . He received his doctorate in 2001 with a thesis on his home region, which deals with the history of glass production there.

Althaus is employed as the city archivist and museum director in Uslar. He is involved in the Solling Association , of which he is the 2nd chairman, and in the museum and cultural association of his home town of Ahlbershausen . He also works as a hunter Hackelberg as a city ​​guide in Uslar .

Main topics

In his works, the historian deals primarily with the history of the Solling.

In the book about poachers in Solling , Althaus documents cases of poaching in the 18th and 19th centuries that are recorded in old files. It gives insights into the motives of the poachers on the one hand and the countermeasures of the authorities, some of which were difficult due to the border between the Duchy of Braunschweig and the Kingdom of Hanover running through the middle of the Solling.

His book Die Fabrik im Wald about the mirror glass works Amelith and Polier illuminates both the rapid rise of the hut and its decline, which ended in a large fire, as well as the living conditions of the people who work there. Althaus also describes the health consequences of the manufacture of the glass for the splendor and splendor of the royal houses for the glass workers, and the changes in the landscape caused by the logging.

Publications

  • Poachers in Solling and the attempt to combat them in the 18th and 19th centuries . Jörg Mitzkat, Holzminden 2006, ISBN 3-931656-93-4 (Master's thesis at the University of Göttingen).
  • Uslarer Land around 1900 . Jörg Mitzkat, Holzminden 2008, ISBN 978-3-940751-02-7 .
  • The factory in the forest. Amelith and polished glass and mirror . Jörg Mitzkat, Holzminden 2015, ISBN 978-3-940751-46-1 (doctoral thesis at the University of Göttingen).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lives of Little People. In: City of Uslar online. December 6, 2006, accessed October 9, 2017 .
  2. ^ Provenance Research Network in Lower Saxony. provenienzforschung-niedersachsen.de, 2017, accessed on October 9, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Sollingverein Uslar
  4. ↑ Commendation for Uslar's archivist Althaus and his doctoral thesis . In: Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine . Kassel May 6, 2015 ( hna.de ).
  5. ↑ Guided city ​​tour with a legend: Chief Hunter Hackelberg on the way in Uslar. StadtRadio Göttingen, 2016, accessed on October 9, 2017 .
  6. ↑ The factory in the forest - glass and mirrors made of Amelith and Polier. History Association for Göttingen and Surroundings eV, 2015, accessed on October 9, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Althaus, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archivist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1978